Showing posts with label Supermarket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supermarket. Show all posts
September 2, 2024
September 15, 2023
June 11, 2023
On Line For 1 Potato
March 12, 2023
Trader Joe's Printer
February 13, 2023
November 20, 2022
December 26, 2021
Most Popular Grocery Item
January 19, 2021
Ah, German Chocolate Cake
July 28, 2020
It's Good To Know What You're Eating
Rump
Chuck
Shank
Prime Rib
Short Rib
Rib Eye
Tenderloin
Sirloin
I guess we don't waste much in a dog eat dog world!
The poor cow is tasty to eat, but what did she do to any of us? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 17, 2020
Singing Frankie The Fish
March 15, 2020
The Coronavirus Panic
December 22, 2019
Happy Hanukah Trader Joe's Style
They also have the best edible and good tasting fresh, healthy food.
On top of it, they have a nice gift card for a Happy Hanukah!
I vote that we replace the other crummy supermarkets with Trader Joes instead. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 28, 2019
Revolting Bug Food
It says:
"Eat Bugs"
Bugs are a source of high protein.
Crunchy too.
The ones above were Cheddar Cheese Crickets!
There was also Chile-Lime Crickets (with Pumpkin Seeds) and Dark Chocolate Crickets (with Amaranth Seeds).
Then came the BBQ and Honey Mustard Crickets
And to top it all of some Salt and Pepper Mealworms.
OMG folks, we have gone back to the Stone Ages eating this crap.
Or maybe this is all that will be left when Armageddon finally comes. ;-)
(Credit Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
August 17, 2019
Copy Any Key
A automated key copy machine.
You insert your key.
And out pops a duplicate for you.
Home, car, business, whatever.
What is happening to that guy who used to work the key copy machine at the local locksmith?
Who says automation and robotics isn't taking and going to take away jobs.
I still remember that key machine--where the locksmith would put the key on one side and a blank on the other, and the machine would copy the surface grooves of one unto the other.
Now even that is gone.
I guess we're lucky still to have keys (for now). ;-)
(Credit Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
February 22, 2019
Rainbow Cake :)
Price is not bad for $3.99.
Calories are horrific at 750!
What happened to the broken blue part of the cake at the bottom--maybe that's where another 50 calories got lopped off.
Anyway, it's Friday and I want to wish everyone a happy Rainbow Cake weekend and a Shabbat Shalom!
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
November 6, 2018
Training Them To Be Like Us
This kid was pushing the shopping cart with groceries in it.
And a little sign at the top that says:
Customer in Training
His mom is nearby with the big shopping cart full of even more groceries.
It's interesting how we teach our kids to be just like us and at the same time to be not like us.
They emulate some things and they reject others.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
But no two apples are the same either.
Teaching is an important component of parenting and schooling.
We need to impart important lessons from the past, so children don't have to recreate the wheel in the present and future.
But spitting out little clones is not helpful to innovation and the engine of "what's next."
Sometimes, I envision that there is a really big war--maybe World War III--nukes are used and all our bits and bytes are wiped out, and we are thrown back to the Stone Age.
All the teaching is evaporated in the vapor of the blasts.
All that's left in what's in the soul of the remaining. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 9, 2016
Weighing The Evidence
Here is an interesting idea.
In front of the inner doors to this supermarket in Florida...
There is a huge scale for weighing yourself.
Before you shop for the mac and cheese, hero sandwiches, pizza slices, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and chips, why not have a look at the scale!
Then decide what you want to buy in the supermarket today.
Maybe you'll spend a little more time and money in the fruit and vegetable isle.
Or getting some healthy and diet snacks.
The scale only goes up to 300 pounds.
So if that that doesn't scare you straight...
Maybe the fact that everyone can see your weight when you get on, will. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 28, 2014
Kidneys By The Pound
They had packages of styrofoam wrapped in cellophane with what looked like meat from the supermarket.
However in the packages, they had these disturbing plastic molds of human organs priced by the pound.
Pictured here is one labeled with a human kidney selling for $1,100.
They also had others hanging from the wall for human lungs and liver.
Considering there are a lot of sick people out there in needs of transplants, I did not think this "art" was in the best of taste.
Also, with many who traffic in human organs and take advantage of those in poverty or otherwise at risk for selling on the black market, these pieces were more than a little troubling.
Perhaps, there are some who just think of human as just another type of planetary animal whose body parts are another form of meat that can be put up for sale or taken by force to make a profit.
The only thing is they are forgetting that humans have a soul and that can't be sold in the supermarket or black market except to the devil and there is no art in that. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 6, 2014
10 Reasons To Love Traders Joe's and 2 To Not
1) Pretty much you can depend that their food is good and fresh, and a lot of it is readymade and "convenient".
2) Prices are a value considering much of what they sell is private label, premium, or super premium--like the "Belgium chocolate" above!
3) They have many items in single-serve portions, so the food is easy to make, clean up, and store.
4) The stores are relatively small, clean, well lit, and cozy with a limited number of goods, making shopping quick and easy--they've already narrowed the field for you.
5) They have freebies to taste in the aisles--tonight it was 2 types of coffee and a pumpkin cheesecake sample--the check out guy asked me if I had a chance to try it--uh, not on my diet, but thanks!
6) They have a cool customer service bell in front that they ring whenever you need something done--tonight it was as simple as replacing a package that had opened up--ring, ring--a clerk brought up a brand new one, jiffy quick.
7) They double bag the goods, so the bags don't break on the way home and the goodies don't fall out.
8) Typically convenient locations in major shopping areas and short lines inside...never have to wait more than one person ahead on the line.
9) They are eco-friendly and have lot's of stuff that is organic, non-genetically modified, and without artificial anything.
10) They ask you--and seem to mean it--if you found everything okay with your shopping experience, and seem more than ready to correct anything that was less than perfect.
Despite these wonderful traits, there is something about Trader Joe's that's Normal Rockwell all smiley, small-townish annoying and claustrophobic, especially in the age of the more modern megastore supermarkets and Costco warehouses.
So it's not the only store I go to--variety is still the spice of life. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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